SO right now I am in the part of the game where (SPOILER) you just get your new airship locked down by a golden chain
So my party consists of

white mage
black mage
knight
theif

Would i be better off with my knight being a monk or some other class? I tried turning him into a job level 1 monk but only had a vest for monk armor. did not equip knuckes and he was doing about 30 damage per turn. what am i doing wrong here? I thought monks did more damage empty handend than with kunckles?